It will be four days and one year before the opening of the Beijing Paralympics.
Momoka Muraoka, who won the gold medal in the alpine skiing of the Pyeongchang tournament and is taking on an unusual challenge to participate in the Tokyo Paralympics in a row in the summer and winter, said, "Sometimes I find it difficult, but in the second consecutive winter tournament. Aiming for a medal, "he said.
Muraoka (24), who has a disability in both legs due to a spinal cord disease, won five medals, including a gold medal, in a sitting and skiing class in the Pyeongchang Para-alpine skiing alpine skiing.
From the beginning, I have been working on wheelchair racing, and this is the Tokyo Paralympic Games, and in March next year, the Beijing Paralympics. I am taking on an unusual challenge to participate in both the summer and winter Paralympics in one year.
Muraoka resumed skiing practice for the first time in a year and a half in October last year, and after participating in the Para Alpine Skiing Asia Cup to be held in Nagano Prefecture from 9th this month, Para Athletics will be held in Tokyo from the 20th of the following week. He plans to participate in the Japan Championships, saying, "There are times when the schedule is tight and difficult, as the time to improve the track and field coincides with the ski competition, and skiing can only be done for a few days before the competition." I mentioned the difficulty of adjustment.
On the other hand, "I felt greedy for skiing because I was absent, and I got the feeling that I could go more" in practice. At the Beijing tournament, I will do my best to win medals for the second consecutive tournament. I want to do it, "he said about his aspirations for the tournament, which will be held a year later.